Album guide
Chopin Meets The Blues
- Composer
- Chopin
- Released
- 2010
- Label
- Criss Cross Jazz
- Forces
- Piano, Guitar, Quartet
- Personnel
- Peter Beets piano, Reuben Rogers bass, Greg Hutchinson drums, Joe Cohn guitar
Beets heard something close to blue notes in Chopin’s chromatic embellishments, and believed the composer’s singable melodies helped prepare the ground for bebop.
The quartet tests that idea vigorously: slow nocturnes are accelerated, Joe Cohn takes the melody on guitar, and the F minor Nocturne returns at the end in an alternate take.
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Source works
The album’s complete track listing, with each classical source identified and original compositions marked plainly.
- Nocturne In Eb Major, Opus 9 # 2Nocturne in E-flat major, Op. 9 No. 2
- Nocturne In F Minor, Opus 55 # 1 (1)Nocturne in F minor, Op. 55 No. 1
- Mazurka In A Minor, Opus 17 # 4Mazurka in A minor, Op. 17 No. 4
- Prelude In B Minor, Opus 28 # 6Prelude in B minor, Op. 28 No. 6
- Prelude In E Minor, Opus 28 # 4Prelude in E minor, Op. 28 No. 4
- Nocturne In B Major, Opus 9 # 3Nocturne in B major, Op. 9 No. 3
- Waltz In C# Minor, Opus 64 # 2Waltz in C-sharp minor, Op. 64 No. 2
- Nocturne In F Minor, Opus 55 # 1 (2)Nocturne in F minor, Op. 55 No. 1, alternate take